fruiting

3.7

Able to produce apples or berries on a tree

adjective
/ˈfruːtɪŋ/

: fructífero

The garden is thriving with fruiting trees that are heavy with ripe apples.

But the, you know, fruiting plants like that need a lot of water.

Examples

Clip off plant tissue on a fruit tree while it's fruiting in the summer.
That is how it should be now since we're out of the fruiting season for grapes.
So if you can find fruiting trees that say persistent, those are the best ones to plant.
It is just fruiting and they are huge.
But there are fruiting spurs all over on this one as well.
During the summer, many plants are fruiting, providing a bountiful harvest.
A fruiting plant can yield vegetables and fruits throughout the growing season.

Synonyms

fruitful

vsfruiting

43 3.9

Producing good, useful results

is focused on plants being capable or likely to bear produce

fertile

vsfruiting

24 2.8

A living thing that can have many young or seeds

is narrower and applies mainly to plants able to bear produce

fruited

vsfruiting

3.6

Has fruit growing on it, like a tree with ripe apples

is about being capable or likely to bear produce rather than already doing so

Compounds

fruiting body

Specialized

1 6.5

A part of some fungi and plants that makes and releases spores

How Fruitful

prolific

7 6.0

fruitful

43 3.9

fruiting

3.7

unfruitful

1 5.9

Surface Forms

fruiting positive

Morphology

fruiting = fruit (transparent) = fruit + ing

The adjective is formed from the verb 'fruit' with the productive suffix '-ing', meaning 'producing or bearing fruit', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Fruiting comes from the simple word fruit (from Latin fructus, meaning 'produce') plus the ending -ing that shows an action. So fruiting literally means 'producing fruit', which is why we call a plant or tree 'fruiting' when it is bearing or likely to bear fruit.